Print Book Acquisition
The second round of print book acquisition for AY2020-21 has started. 50% book titles shall be collected by 15 December, 2020.
For book purchasing schedule, please refer to Library Print Book Acquisition Schedule for AY2020-21.
The Library Pre-approval Plans for each department are provided as below, from where you could select desired titles.
The Order Feedback (October-November 2020) regarding the books ordered by the Library is updated as below. During the regular epidemic prevention and control period, the arrival time of imported books might be affected due to delays in international parcel delivery. For any urgent need, please contact your subject librarians.
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School of Advanced Technology |
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Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
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Computing Communications and Networking Intelligent Science Mechatronics & Robotics |
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Design School |
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Architecture & Design |
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Civil Engineering |
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Urban Planning & Design |
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School of Humanities & Social Sciences |
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China Studies |
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International Studies |
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Applied Linguistics Literature Translation & Interpreting |
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Media & Communication |
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International Business School Suzhou |
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ILEAD |
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School of Languages |
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School of Science |
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Applied Mathematics Financial Mathematics Statistics & Actuarial Sciences Foundational Mathematics Pure Mathematics |
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Biological Sciences |
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Chemistry |
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Health & Environmental Science |
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Physics |
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AI and Advanced Computing Intelligent Manufacturing Ecosystem Internet of Things Robotics Cultural Technology Intelligent Finance and Business |
Pre-approval Plan (AAC, IME, IOT, IRE)
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Meanwhile, you could fill in Purchase Request Form with the detailed information of your desired books out of the pre-approval plan.
More information on Library Book Acquisition, please refer to https://libguides.lib.xjtlu.edu.cn/bookacquisition.
Library Training Schedule in December
Smart Tools: Mindmapping Tools
This workshop provides an introduction tutorial to equip students with the basics of Mind Mapping and to apply it in practice.
Time: 2 December, Wednesday 1:30 - 2:30pm
Location: Room 303, Library
Smart Tools: Mendeley - Your Handy Referencing Management Tool
This workshop covers the basics of Mendeley, including importing references and using Mendeley to create citations & reference lists.
Time: 9 December, Wednesday 1:30 - 2:30pm
Location: Room 455, Library
Digital Resources Update
SciFinder-n is a new generation of SciFinder. It offers easy ways to search all reactions, substances and references at once.
NOTE: Registration is required. You may use your account in Scifinder if you have already registered. Otherwise, please use XJTLU email address (e.g. @*.xjtlu.edu.cn) to register. Refer to the PDF for the registration URL and instruction for use.
Sage Business Cases is a robust digital collection of business cases providing faculty, students and researchers with unlimited access to more than 3,650 authoritative cases from over 100 countries. Topics include Marketing, Operations Management, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, International Business, Human Resource Management and more.
Trial period: 2020/10/22-2021/2/28
Library News
XJTLU Library Successfully held Sino-Foreign University Textbook Management Seminar
On 27 November, the XJTLU Library Successfully held Sino-Foreign University Textbook Management Seminar.
The seminar focused on “Blended teaching and textbook practice in a post COVID-19 world, themed as Challenges, Collaboration and Connection”, major international publishing and education groups, state-owned import and export companies, as well as library and textbook management departments of Sino-Foreign universities joined the discussion. Read more.
Library Event: Living Library Session I Successfully Held
The first session of Living Library was successfully held online by XJTLU Library on the evening of 17 November. The theme of this session was Dreams Become Reality – Life in Super Elite Universities. In this event, we were fortunate to have three alumni as Living Books (guest speakers). They shared their thoughts on topics including dreams, hobbies and persistence. A total of 160 people participated in the webinar.
R Workshop Series Review
On the afternoon of 18 November, Dr. Yi Zou (Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences) delivered one workshop: Data Analysis with R Language. Dr. Zou demonstrated hands-on practice of basic R language, introduced functions in R, and recommended two books for XJTLUers who would like to know more about R. Read more.
On the afternoon of 25 November, Dr. Peng Zhao (Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences) delivered the other workshop: Modern Statistical Graphs with R. During the workshop, Dr. Zhao illustrated a variety of graphs by using R, including word cloud, violin plot, wind rose, advanced scatter plot, pair plot, etc. Read more.
Intellectual Property Seminar Successfully Held
On the morning of 19 November, the XJTLU Intellectual Property Information Service Centre invited Mr. Yan Jiang (from Shanghai Pudong Intellectual Property Administration) to give a speech on Game of Intellectual Property in Business Competition.
Dr. Xin Bi (Director, Centre for Knowledge and Information), colleagues from XJTLU Intellectual Property Information Service Centre and Research engagement information office, representatives from local corporations and students who are interested in intellectual property joined the seminar.
Tsinghua University Library colleagues visited the XJTLU Library
On 19 November, a group of 6 people including Yunzhong Jiang, Tsinghua University library’s Party Committee Secretary, and Tianfang Dou, deputy director of the Tsinghua University library, visited the XJTLU library to develop communication. Dr. Xin Bi, Director of Centre for Knowledge and Information and the University Librarian, extended a warm welcome to the visiting colleagues from Tsinghua University Library. Accompanied by Dr. Xin Bi, the library colleagues of Tsinghua University visited the XJTLU campus and library. Thereafter, the two libraries held a communication symposium attended by Yang Liping and Teng Chao, both deputy University Librarian of the XJTLU library.
Reference Textbook Order Feedback
The Library received 1,048 reference textbook requests for AY20/21-S2 through e-Bridge. All titles are currently in processing status.
During the regular epidemic prevention and control period, the arrival time of imported books might be affected due to delays in international parcel delivery.
If you have any query on the order status, feel free to contact Lib-CDD@xjtlu.edu.cn
For consultation on textbook request issues, feel free to contact Textbook@xjtlu.edu.cn
You can click here to review Book Status.
Wanted Book List
Based on the book recommendations from academic departments, the Library produces a ‘wanted book list’ for items which failed to be purchased. Faculty could find your own ways to purchase the listed books for teaching and research needs. It shall follow the procedure in XJTLU Library Faculty Purchase Reimbursement Policy when purchasing a book from the wanted book list.
You can click here to review the updated version of Wanted Book List where items failed to be purchased in AY2019-20 have been added.
Contact Lib-CDD@xjtlu.edu.cn if any query.